NAC503.730. Wildlife depredation permit: Ownership and disposition of wildlife taken.

     1. Except as provided in subsection 2, wildlife taken under such a permit may not be used for any purpose by the permittee or those assisting the permittee. Such wildlife are the property of the State and, if required by the Department, shall be retrieved and maintained in a good manner by the permittee. The Department may dispose of them by:

     (a) Donation to a public scientific or educational institution;

     (b) Donation to a charitable or other worthy institution for use as food; or

     (c) Sale of animals or pelts of value. The proceeds of a sale shall be deposited as provided in NRS.

     2. The Department may donate the hide or pelt of such wildlife to a permittee to defray the cost of handling a depredation complaint.

     3. Game species taken under such a permit which are unfit for human consumption or other unsalvable wildlife shall be destroyed by the Department.

     [Bd. of Fish & Game Comm’rs Gen. Reg. No. 4 § 2, eff. 6-1-70; A 2-1-72; 12-1-76]—(NAC A by Bd. of Wildlife Comm’rs, 4-27-84, eff. 5-25-84)